Commodity prices have been falling since September, culminating in a rout over the past two weeks. That is a classic warning for the global economy. It is becoming ever clearer that the roaring boom in global equities since last summer has priced in an economic recovery that does not in fact exist.
The International Monetary Fund has had to nurse down its global growth forecasts yet again. We are still stuck in an old-fashioned trade depression, with pervasive over-capacity in manufacturing plant and a record global savings rate of 25pc of GDP.......................................Full Article: Source